Top 16 Reasons to contact Norman L. Sandfield for all of your netsuke needs.

1. Choose from our large and varied selection of fine antique and contemporary netsuke in many price ranges. We do not have a catalogue, but you can call to describe your needs (subjects, artists, schools, materials, etc.) over the phone, or you can visit us when you are in the Chicago area.
2. We have several dozen unusual antique Chinese toggles, and are one of the few sources for these netsuke ancestors.
3. We buy fine netsuke and related items all the time. Please send photos and descriptions of items you may have for sale.
4. We have a variety of lacquer inro, pipe cases and other sagemono (hanging objects) for the knowledgeable collector, as well as some unusual related Orientalia.
5. We have more than 200 ojime to match your netsuke and inro suite needs; and for you or your special friend to wear as a stand alone pendant on our...
6. Ojime MiseruT, in either 14 karat gold or sterling silver. This is an easy to install (and easy to remove) adapter to make almost any ojime into a beautiful pendant, without damaging the ojime.
7. Inro Cord: We have more than 50 choices in colors, styles and thicknesses, in both hand-woven Japanese silk cord and machine woven Japanese cord. We sell a color copy of our inro cord swatch book cards for $30, or ask see the free information letter listing most of the inro cords we stock.
8. Our Inro Knot booklet, at $5, teaches you how to tie a variety of inro knots, with clear, easy to follow drawings.
9. The "Cheat Sheet" at $2 is a guide to 102 of the most common and important Japanese characters found in netsuke signatures.
10. New material for The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography just ask for an input form. Now available from amazon.com.
11. The ChicagoLand Netsuke Society meets intermittently to enable area collectors to share their enjoyment and increase their knowledge about netsuke. Check with Norman Sandfield at the address below to get on the mailing list!
12. Membership in the International Netsuke Society is a must for all netsuke collectors. The very high quality, and well illustrated, quarterly magazines that are a part of membership are very educational and enlightening. Ask for a membership form. International Netsuke Society / PO Box 833272 / Richardson, Texas 75083-3272 USA
13. A comprehensive Netsuke class at the Field Museum in Chicago.
14. We are still looking for information on unusual netsuke and okimono by the late Contemporary artist Ichiro for a book in progress.
15. I will see you on the Internet.
16. To get added to our snail mail mailing list, send us your name, address & telephone number by e-mail or snail mail.